From: vv221@debian.org 
  
 Le Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 03:08:20AM +0530, Nilesh Patra a €€crit : 
 > Opening PRs/MRs are typically how most of the git forges are used for 
 contributions. 
  
 I have been using many of these forges for a decade and a half, I even 
 self-hosted a GitLab instance for far too many years, and have been part 
 of the Debian GitLab team bringing Debian stable users the ability to 
 install GitLab through FatsTrack. So I know quite well how the PR/MR 
 workflow works ;) 
  
 > Having salsa and allowing to open MRs and then saying that you will accept 
 a 
 patch 
 > only if you file a bug report via BTS with proper tags is somewhat an 
 anti-pattern. 
 > 
 > Opening an MR here *is* a way to communicate with you. Mailing you 
 separately is adding 
 > another layer to that communication which I think I do not understand. 
 Sending a mail/mentioning 
 > on MR makes sense if it does not come into notice or the maintainer forgets 
 about it. 
  
 Opening an MR without having contacted me *prior to the fact* is the 
 definition of a code dump. I do not care about code, I can very well 
 write it myself in the first place. 
  
 What I care about is people, especially people who want to fix or 
 improve a package I am working on. But if they refuse to communicate and 
 only want to interact by silently sending patches, we can not work 
 together. 
  
 If sending an e-mail is too much for them, well, too bad, they were not 
 all that interested in improving the package in the first place to stop 
 at such a trivial requirement. 
  
 Maybe we need some debian/contributing file to make the contribution 
 rules explictit? Or maybe this could be a pertinent (ab)use of 
 debian/README.source? At least that way people who can€€€t stand the 
 effort of sending an e-mail (or an IRC ping, or even a message on XMPP, 
 I don€€€t care about the channel) prior to any kind of code contribution 
 would know there is no use wasting their time on packages I maintain. 
  
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